Topic of Research Seminar: Parental Verbal Abuse and Its Impact on Psychological Health and Educational Attainment
Abstract: Family should be the foundation on which a child should build itself but when the foundation is not strong, the child will not be strong. Parents are the first friends and guides a child has when they enter into this world, they are supposed to be the arms that will cover you from the cruelty of the world but when those arms start to abuse you verbally, then things take a different turn and scenarios can change. Parental verbal abuse is a taboo topic that is hardly discussed as it is hard for people to believe that parents can be abusive, there have been many studies conducted that prove otherwise. Verbal abuse was not recognized as an actual abuse for a very long time due to which there is not much awareness regarding it. For this study, 105 interviews were conducted through snowball sampling from public and private universities and a focus group discussion was conducted with 4 parents. Themes are extracted from the interviews using thematic analysis which shows that parental abuse does affect the psychological health and the ability to attain education. The people who are been abused are changed for their entire lives and don’t live normally, they develop suicidal tendencies, mental health disorders such as depression, feelings of hate towards society, post-traumatic stress disorder and feelings of hate towards the opposite sex. Many individuals are bullied by professionals and end up harming themselves or blaming themselves for what has happened to them in their lives. Therefore, it is necessary to not only recognize that parental abuse exist but it is crucial to take serious measures regarding it. The government and the nongovernmental organizations need to take this matter seriously or it can be a stern threat to human development.
Subject field of topic: Development Studies
Name of speaker: Ms Fariha Tahir
Professional Rank of speaker: Lecturer
University Email of Speaker: [email protected]
University Profile web link: https://s3h.nust.edu.pk/faculty/fariha-tahir
Affiliation of Speaker: NUST School of Social Sciences and Humanities (NUST-S3H)
Date and Venue: August 11, 2022 at 1215 hrs in the S3H Conference Room, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)